Vice President Kashim Shettima will meet with key stakeholders in resolving the challenges faced by Air Peace in securing landing rights at London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports by passenger traffic.
This is according to founder and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema, when he spoke with State House Correspondents after the second leg of meetings between Vice President Shettima and Airline Operators of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
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Although Heathrow is the UK’s primary airport, Air Peace operates from Gatwick Airport, a secondary airport.
In a letter dated August 1, 2024, and addressed to Louise Haigh, the UK secretary of state for transport, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, warned that if Air Peace is not allocated a space at London Heathrow, Nigeria will be left with no choice but to reciprocate by denying British Airways and Virgin Atlantic slots at its Lagos and Abuja airports.
Nigeria and the UK are parties to a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, a treaty that allows airport managers to provide equal landing privileges to aircraft from member countries in their domain.
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